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South Florida expecting another round of storms Friday afternoon

On the heels of straight line winds in Ft. Pierce and more than 2 inches of rain in parts of Jupiter last night, South Florida is expecting yet another rounds of heavy downpours and storms late this afternoon and evening. The bulk of the activity will peak between the hours of 3-8pm. Expect numerous lightning strikes, heavy rains, & gusty winds. This storm activity is all out ahead of a cold front that will clear the area tonight. So after a high of 90 with high humidity today, we will only scrape our way u

On the heels of straight line winds in Ft. Pierce and more than 2 inches of rain in parts of Jupiter last night, South Florida is expecting yet another rounds of heavy downpours and storms late this afternoon and evening. The bulk of the activity will peak between the hours of 3-8pm. Expect numerous lightning strikes, heavy rains, & gusty winds. This storm activity is all out ahead of a cold front that will clear the area tonight. So after a high of 90 with high humidity today, we will only scrape our way u

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Updated: 8:08 AM EDT Mar 27, 2015

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WEBVTT RATES OF ABOUT 2 TO 4 INCHESWHEN THESE THINGS ZIP THROUGH.THIS IS A PRELUDE OF THINGS TOCOME.THIS IS A BOTTOM LINE.MOST INTENSE SHOWERS AND STORMSWILL HAPPEN LATER THIS AFTERNOONBETWEEN THE HOURS OF ABOUT 3:00AND 7:00 TONIGHT AND THENLINGERING SHOWERS OVERNIGHTTONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHESIN TO EXTREMELY JUICY, HOT,WARM, HUMID AIR OVER SOUTHFLORIDA.WE HAVE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERESTORMS EMBEDDED WITH THIS, MUCHLIKE LAST NIGHT, WITH HIGH WINDGUSTS, HAIL AND NUMEROUSLIGHTNING STRIKES, AS WELL ASTHE BLINDING HEAVY RAINS.0 OUT AHEAD OF THAT LINE OFSHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.WINDS SOUTHWESTERLY GUSTING UPTO 23mph AT TIME, EVENAHEAD OF THE DOWNPOURS THAT YOUSEE REALLY KIND OF COMING TO AFEVER PITCH JUST AFTER ABOUT2:00 WITH SCATTERED RAINFALLDEVELOPING AFTER ABOUT NOONTIME.THE MAIN JUST OF IT PUSHESTHROUGH IN THE EARLY EVENINGHOURS AND THEN ANOTHER LASTBLAST AT ABOUT 8:00, 9:00TONIGHT BEFORE WE DRY OUT ANDTHE COLDER AIR MOVES IN, IN TIMEFOR THE WEEKEND.IT'S ANYTHING BUT COLD THISMORNING.WE FEEL LIKE THE HOTTEST OFSUMMER DAYS.UPPER 70s IN BOCA RATON.75 IN WEST PALM.LOW 70s ON THE TREASURE COAST,EVEN WITH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURSMOVING THROUGH.LOTS OF HUMIDITY AS THIS FRONTJUST REALLY INTERSECTS WITH ITTHIS AFTERNOON.THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE RISK OFTHE STRONG STORMS.A 70% COVERAGE TODAY.WE GO FROM 90 TODAY TO THE LOW

South Florida expecting another round of storms Friday afternoon

On the heels of straight line winds in Ft. Pierce and more than 2 inches of rain in parts of Jupiter last night, South Florida is expecting yet another rounds of heavy downpours and storms late this afternoon and evening. The bulk of the activity will peak between the hours of 3-8pm. Expect numerous lightning strikes, heavy rains, & gusty winds. This storm activity is all out ahead of a cold front that will clear the area tonight. So after a high of 90 with high humidity today, we will only scrape our way u